Black Shard

I went looking for recent video game releases and this led me to Black Shard, which has been a great experience so far. It’s stunning, moving, and compelling – with an interesting mystery at the heart of it all.

I got it just because it looked arty and interesting and I wanted to find a 2025 release, and I’m glad I did. The setting feels sorrowful and lonely, terrifying and alien but also beautiful. The aesthetic somewhat reminds me of Elden Ring in that way – it is so totally strange and unintelligible, yet also compelling.

People to converse with are few and far between, and those you do find tend to be caught up in their own relations to the strange labyrinth you find yourself in.

All of these screenshots, by the way, are gameplay screenshots. They are not cut scenes. To give you an idea of the surreal and gorgeous scenery you can take in as you explore.

Down to Clown

Painting the clown elves now

I think it might have been the greenish black I used to paint the base coat for the Drukhari’s armor, but edge highlighting was hell for those guys, nothing would stick at all seemingly.

I might re-evaluate in the future, but so far this is my running list of things I find easier and more enjoyable than edge highlighting:

  • Painting Faces
  • Painting clown motley
  • Painting literally anything else besides edge highlights